this is so so so good. as in, i love every song
"want u back" makes me feel so happy
― uberweiss, Saturday, 5 November 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
SO much character in it, all her ad libs and vocal tics are so irresistible
Lex I can't help but feel that if this came from some other Sound of 2011 or Popjustice type you'd be seething with hatred for it. Her vocal tics mostly sound like Lily Allen or Marina and the Diamonds fwiw.
I'm only as far as the Viva La Vida one and it mostly just feels like standard issue post-Xenomania kitchen sink pop to me? I admire its energy and enthusiasm but her on-record persona is SO ANNOYING half the time - can't help but wish for more chipmunk rapping really, it's by miles the best look on he
Haha I've just got to the one that attempts to fuse Christmassy jinglebell pop with brostep, not sure it quite works but all credit to them for giving it a go.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 5 November 2011 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
As you can see from that paragraph the Xmassy brostep one stopped me in my tracks.
The one after that, the grimey one with Ghetts, is by miles the best thing I've heard so far. There's an element of 'chuck everything in and see what sticks' here isn't there? But no other X-Factor star would put Ghetts on a song, in a million years.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 5 November 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
The attempt to write a Rihanna ballad is straight in the 'doesn't come off' pile though.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 5 November 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Finished now, strange album, kind of feels like a composite of everything that's happened in pop in like four years - there's a big slice of Paper Planes in the middle of With Ur Love.
Maybe my knee jerked a bit hard in the first instance because the first two tracks and the first ballad are comfortably the worst things here*. Second half's a lot better.
*Except Swagger Jagger which I obviously deleted on sight.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 5 November 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
her tics are way more nicki minaj than marina - face-pulling brattiness rather than middle-class affected quirk. allen, i'll give you that especially when cher's doing carefree, but there's no mockney, which was always allen's greatest sin. i'm not sure i hate lily allen any more, anyway.
anyway i mean amazing things like VROOM-VR-VR-VROOM in the middle of "play boi" (which is a missy move, if anything), the flirta d noise she makes throughout "want u back" etc
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Saturday, 5 November 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
and the ballads are amazing fyi
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Saturday, 5 November 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
call pharrell cuz you keep on frontin <3
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Saturday, 5 November 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
you like my kicks? LET ME KICK Y'ALL
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Saturday, 5 November 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
I can't stand the affectations on the first few songs. I'm amazed that a girl of Cher's background has managed to make herself sound like middle class faux-quirky mockney then. I blame the producers.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 5 November 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
just started listening. grow up is killing me.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 6 November 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
it's all a bit too clean for the girl who debuted with that totally raw turn my swag on, but it'll do for now.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 6 November 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
listening to this now... feeling weird about it. "swagger jagger" totally rips off that synth from "hotel room service"
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 November 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
Everything on this album is ripping something off, it's just a case of how blatant they're being about it.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 6 November 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
saw that she has another #1
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 November 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
With Ur Love would be the best Paper Planes rip ever if it weren't for Mike Posner's awful "first base second base" raps.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, 6 November 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
oh it's the dubstep song
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 6 November 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
trying to figure out if in two weeks i'll find this album v charming & fun or just insufferably annoying
i think i like the cod-reggae remix of "with ur love" better than the paper planesy original. mike posner needs to be shot though, he has that same insufferably skeazy smear to his voice that drake does. i can't bear either of them.
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 7 November 2011 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
*punched in the face and then shot
omg people on the popjustice forum never having heard of "buffalo stance"
*shoots everyone*
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 7 November 2011 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
thank you for making that distinction
― J0rdan S., Monday, 7 November 2011 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
BOLSILLO LLENO DE SUEÑOS
i dig that
― cock chirea, Monday, 7 November 2011 09:21 (twelve years ago) link
i'm a machine: couple screws loose but i'm running smoothlyknow what i mean? got an upgrade, now i'm more unrulyi'm hard to swallow, but a spoonful of sugar might make me go down more easily-y-y-y-y-yyypick up the beat, put your money on mei'm not the queen, but i'm gonna be a princess on itlike premium gasoline my words gon catch on firespread through your body like hea-ea-ea-eat
― all i see is angels in my eyes (lex pretend), Monday, 7 November 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
fyi this album sounds amazing accompanied by sunshine
so exuberant
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 09:56 (twelve years ago) link
WE'RE GONNA BE THE GENERATION THAT MAKES EVERYTHING EXPLODE
I'm still waiting for them to put to put Superhero out as a single. I still think it's the obvious hit and would be perfect for this sunny weather.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPUHqDDH6SE
GOTTA TEAR THE WORLD APART TIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT
<3 <3 <3 <3
― lex pretend, Thursday, 4 October 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
have no idea how the US version of the album fares vs. the UK version but i find it pretty delightful that Mike Posner's vocals have been excised from the song he was on
― jaz a make wardance (some dude), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
i find that hilarious too (and so glad they did it, finally a version of that song i can listen to without flinching)
i think they took off "dub on the track" (on the basis that americans won't get grime?) and "over the moon" (oddly), replaced them with the three new tracks - "oath" (the single, pretty good), "behind the music" (forgettable on one listen) and "riot!" (AMAZING)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
omg this news about the mike posner vocals is the best thing i've heard all day
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 4 October 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah that was the only thing holding me back from expressing unabashed love for that song
I really like that and "Want U Back", what else is good on the album (hated "Swagger Jagger")
― monotony, Friday, 5 October 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
Deluxe version of the album out here in the UK in November.
1. 'Grow Up' (feat. Busta Rhymes)2. 'Want U Back'3. 'Talkin' That'4. 'With Ur Love' (feat. Mike Posner)5. 'Swagger Jagger'6. 'Beautiful People' (feat. Carolina Liar)7. 'Oath' (feat. Becky G)8. 'Playa Boi'9. 'Superhero'10. 'Love Me for Me'11. 'Over the Moon'12. 'Dub on the Track' (feat. Mic Righteous, Dot Rotten + Ghetts)13. 'End Up Here'14. 'Behind the Music'15. 'RIOT!'16. 'Stay'17. 'With Ur Love' (Solo Version)18. 'Dub on the Track' (Solo Version)19. 'Want U Back' (feat. Astro)20. 'Want U Back' (feat. Snoop Dogg)21. 'Swagger Jagger' (Hygrade Radio Mix)
I'm not a big fan of Oath which is the next single in the US, hopefully that isn't the next single here. I still have a small amount of hope they go with Superhero, not putting that out as a single so far has been a terrible decision.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 5 October 2012 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
I WISH I WOKE UP WITH A BUTT IN IRAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYAvYhHAzrs
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:08 (ten years ago) link
lol i like this song but what IS that line really
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:40 (ten years ago) link
a butt and a rack, i presume
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:45 (ten years ago) link
Somebody make a mash-up of this and Skee-Lo's 'I Wish'.
― TO BE PLAYED AT MINIMUM VOLUME (snoball), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:48 (ten years ago) link
Love this new single. Shame her career in the UK seems to have just about disappeared.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
Did she ever really happen in the US? I heard "With Ur Love" on the radio a few times but don't get the sense she's really broken through on this side of the big pond.
Love the outro on "I Wish"
― Shut Down, vol. 3 (Lee626), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
Tough to say how much she broke through. With Ur Love almost made the top 10 and hung around for ages selling something like 2 million copies which sounds like a lot to me. They released Oath as a follow up which didn't really do a lot but the album still went top 10. I thought this new single would be another hit for her but it's done nothing on US itunes.
I think in the UK most people have forgotten about her now. I Wish has had zero radio play so far and has been pushed back until November (probably so they can her on X Factor that week) I'm still annoyed they didn't put out Superhero singe as a single at any point, it's still her best song by a mile.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
It was "I Want U Back" that was the smash US hit (#12, double platinum), not "With Ur Love". I loved "Beautiful People" off the album, that would have been a great single too.
― breastcrawl, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
Yeah you're right wrong song title. There were quite a few good single choices on that album, don't know why they gave up after just three?
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 10 October 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link
surprised "i wish" hasn't had much traction, it's great.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 10 October 2013 08:45 (ten years ago) link
yeah like this a lot. KYU KYU KISS ME BOY
― monotony, Thursday, 10 October 2013 12:20 (ten years ago) link
According to Compare my Radio I Wish has had just 2 plays in the last 30 days on any radio station in the UK. This is going to flop hard isn't it?
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 10 October 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
KYU KYU
i finally realised this sounds exactly like me and my girlfriend/beyonce/jayz/icona pop but with lovely brass and T.I. referencing himself/Q tip Why U Wanna do that that + nelly/kelly dilemma ohs.
although i can't recognise where KYU KYU comes from. It's almost as good as her helicopter noises.
― danzig, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
It's finally out in the UK next week, no slot on X Factor for her though as they've got to make room for Robbie Williams and Celine Dion!
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 7 November 2013 03:44 (ten years ago) link
And the single has been cancelled. Think she's pretty much done in the UK now. She seems to be unable to get another hit in the US too.
In other news, she has brand new teeth now. They're very white.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 11 November 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
:(poor cher.
― oppet, Monday, 11 November 2013 09:43 (ten years ago) link
WTF? Couldn't the single have been released as download only at least?
― Meine Damen und Herren, Kraf-twerk (snoball), Monday, 11 November 2013 10:03 (ten years ago) link
just watched I Wish thanks to revive. a record company should pay her a living wage just to make faces in music videos, regardless of sales, for the benefit of humanity.
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Monday, 11 November 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
Somebody make a mash-up of this and Skee-Lo's 'I Wish'.― TO BE PLAYED AT MINIMUM VOLUME (snoball), Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:48 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― TO BE PLAYED AT MINIMUM VOLUME (snoball), Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:48 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
your wish her genie's commandhttp://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/cher-lloyd-ft-skee-lo/n43111/
― danzig, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 00:27 (ten years ago) link
!!
― Me & Mahomies (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 03:05 (ten years ago) link
Love it!
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:47 (ten years ago) link
So a second album is actually happening. Sorry I'm Late is out on May 27th.
Second single is this Katy Perry like ballad. Not sure how much I like it yet.
http://youtu.be/BrJKAqFRWzQ
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 17 March 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I'm not too into that. Prefer her playful than in Sia mode.
― all is fair in love and womp (monotony), Monday, 17 March 2014 22:05 (ten years ago) link
5/11 of the songs are already released
"dirty love" has a pretty massive chorus but the production is really brash and kind of off-putting. "sirens" is kind of tame and not special at all. "human" is a pretty fucking epic/sweeping/dramatic Big Ballad! without a doubt my fave from the album so far is "bind your love" tho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT2Eh8BbeS4
it's pretty unassuming at first but has taken over my life now. the melodies are so light and beautiful.
― uberweiss, Monday, 28 April 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
Yeah Bind Your Love is great and probably my favourite song from the album so far, just ahead of I Wish. Shame this album will completely flop.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 28 April 2014 14:02 (ten years ago) link
Ooh I hadn't been into the previous singles but Bind Your Love is v nice. I'm not super enthused about the overall direction but with the right songs she could def make it work
― lex pretend, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:08 (ten years ago) link
oh wow the video to "sirens" is...what is going on here? she plays a dealer's gf who burns his stash when the cops arrest him? LOTS of amazing overacting in this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyqFA0JGc-o
it makes me like the song more
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 13:09 (ten years ago) link
she should've just gone ahead and called "human" "human after all"
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 13:36 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that video is quite something. That's actually the first time I've enjoyed the song too.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
The album is streaming here.
http://www.mtv.com/artists/cher-lloyd/
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
the video for sirens is next level.
hits hard everytime i watch it.
has the second album done anything US side as it looks as she is a done deal in the UK now ?
― mark e, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
i see i didn't really post in this thread after the album came out but it's really grown into one of my favourite albums of the year. she kills those power ballads. it feels very vulnerable and fragile and kinda depressive for a major label pop album; i'd sort of file it somewhere near kelly clarkson's my december maybe? i guess i haven't talked about it much because it feels like such a lost cause trying to get anyone to care but it's a strong personal favourite.
― lex pretend, Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
(and in terms of big(ish) pop artists, this is one of the few total triumphs of the year so far *stares at ariana in disappointment*)
― lex pretend, Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
ta for the nudge lex.guess it's time to hit the buy now option on amazon .. don't think i have even seen the new album in the racks.if there are more tracks in the same league as 'sirens' then i will be a happily depressed man.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:06 (nine years ago) link
has the second album done anything US side
Not really. The album briefly hit the top 20 then was gone. She's mostly known for that Demi Lovato number (Demi's best song imo) which went big, but Cher didn't really bring much to that.
― everything, Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
ok, i've checked.not even zoverstocks are selling the new album off cheap.thats how low profile it was in the uk.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:27 (nine years ago) link
in fact, its listed as an import !? has the second album even been released in the UK ?
― mark e, Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Really real deal love this album. Killin It is huge, surely it will be a single right??
― FKATlovestoFU better (Spottie), Thursday, 11 September 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
It reached number 21 in the UK but dropped out of the top 100 after one week. Sirens missed the top 40 by one place. Doubt there will be anymore singles from the album anywhere now. Really she needs to put out Bind Your Love and go on X Factor to perform it but that's not very likely. They've not tried to push her in the UK since the first album came out for some reason. Agree with Lex that this has grown to be one of my favourite albums of the year.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 11 September 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
Top 3 of the year for me! I can't express how much I love Human.
― jay., Friday, 12 September 2014 07:16 (nine years ago) link
just re-listening in prep for eoy lists and the whole build up to finally finishing with 'alone with me' is so so good :)
― nxd, Thursday, 4 December 2014 10:50 (nine years ago) link
this album has such a low profile in the uk, not even zoverstocks have it available.
― mark e, Thursday, 4 December 2014 11:29 (nine years ago) link
X Factor final weekend inspired me to finally listen to this album and it's really good! Far better than its low profile would make it seem.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 13 December 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
I can't express how much I love Human.
this album is full of wonderful songs, but this one hits hard and brings on the chills up the spine.best pop album i have heard in a long time.
― mark e, Thursday, 21 January 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link
Bind Your Love is the one I go back to the most. Brilliant album.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 21 January 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
Stage 3: Activated
― Jeff W, Thursday, 21 July 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
vevo is struggling for me today - must be the new YELLO video thats killing their servers - still, i have very high hopes for this album.
i still love both albums far more than i should.
― mark e, Thursday, 21 July 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
Disappointing new single. The chorus isn't bad but the verses sound so clumsy. I had high hopes after how brilliant Sorry I'm Late was.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 22 July 2016 13:29 (seven years ago) link
The chorus is all kinds of wonderful though! I'm loving this a lot.
― breastcrawl, Saturday, 23 July 2016 18:31 (seven years ago) link
New single. It's good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7w3azdaEK8
― kitchen person, Friday, 19 October 2018 14:21 (five years ago) link